The Mapuche man who became a woman shaman: Selfhood, gender transgression, and competing cultural norms

American Ethnologist

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 440-457

  Bacigalupo, Ana Mariella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Gender; Mapuche; Selfhood; Sexuality; Shaman; Transgendered

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344241037     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2004.31.3.440     Document Type: Review

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